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Flood Watch 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this flood watch at Apr 17, 2008, 4:07 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2008, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2008, 2:09 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Brown County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Apr 17, 3:45 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 3:45 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 3:54 PM CDT, 12 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 354 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-172100- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 354 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING...AND IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO MUCH OF THE AREA FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 1:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 134 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 KSZ034-170700- OTTAWA- 134 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 THROUGH 200 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF OTTAWA COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE TESCOTT...ADA...CULVER... WELLS...NILES...MINNEAPOLIS AND BENNINGTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. CAVANAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 2:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 203 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 KSZ020-034-170730- CLOUD-OTTAWA- 203 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 THROUGH 230 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF CLOUD AND OTTAWA COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE MINNEAPOLIS...DELPHOS...GLASCO...WELLS...MILTONVALE AND AURORA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. CAVANAUGH
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 2:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 247 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 KSZ008-009-020-021-170815- CLAY-CLOUD-REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON- 247 AM CDT THU APR 17 2008 THROUGH 315 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN CLOUD AND NORTHERN CLAY COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE CLAY CENTER...CLYDE...MORGANVILLE...VINING...CLIFTON...PALMER...MORROWVILL E AND LINN. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. CAVANAUGH
Local storm report, Apr 17, 3:37 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 67 min |
| Apr 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 25 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.